Edward O. Bland's ""The Cry Of Jazz (1959) featuring Sun Ra & His Arkestra"" on DVD February 10, 2004

Through Music Video Distributors

27-Jan-04

Music Video Distributors and Atavistic are pleased to announce the home viewing release of The Cry of Jazz featuring Sun Ra & his Arkestra for worldwide distribution on DVD.Filmed in Chicago & finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race- a forecast of what he called ""the death of jazz."" A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black & white. Rarely seen in cinemas, this is the first commercial release of The Cry of Jazz - transferred from a pristine print and featuring an otherwise unreleased Arkestral soundtrack.Also starring: George Walker, Dorthea Horton, Linda Dillon, Andrew Dunean, James Miller and Laroy InmanSpecial Features: Photo Gallery & Unheard Music Series CD catalog

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